17 Dec 1828
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Newspaper
Morning Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 17, 1828
Page
1
Wilmer Harris secretary reports details from Exorve Stations near Union Street and New Road near St Pancras Church. Edward Syer foreman at New Road reports, with Thomas Mostyn resident fireman listed among staff.
Ad page notes two volumes of Lt Bernard Barton poetry published by J Hatch and Son at Piccadilly. Advertisement lists price 18s for post 8vo edition with a Frantis h illustrated piece drawn and engraved by John Martin. Also mentions Henry Colburn publisher and New Burlington Street address.
Auction notices announce a reversion to one thousand pounds sterling in Three per Cent Consols and several properties. Items include a substantial residence with offices at Upper Cadogan Place Sloane Street, a town residence with garden at Upper Bedford Place, and a large manor with 1700 acres in Gloucestershire to be sold by order of executors and Marshalsea Court.
Advertises Butler's Cayenne Lozenges as remedies for sore throats hoarseness relaxed membranes and enlarged tonsils. Promoted for public speakers singers and field sports with sales at multiple UK shops and prices 2s and 4s 6d.
A committee convened at the King's Head Tavern on December 15 1828 to press for repeal of laws restricting conscience and attaching civil disabilities to religious faith. Henry Waymouth chaired the unanimous resolution urging abolition and its publication in London papers. Wilks Cotton and Needle establish at 202 Strand advertise their steel silver and ivory sewing goods as the largest stock.
The New York Advertiser reports the murder of Mrs Newman by Richard Johnson. The coroner’s inquest recalls a brutal struggle, the shooting in the dining room, and the attacker’s collapse from self-inflicted wounds. Witnesses describe the desperate escape attempt and a lengthy, detailed autopsy tracing four bullets through body organs. The jury returns a verdict of death from pistol wounds inflicted by Johnson, with debate over murder versus manslaughter.
A long oriental allegory portrays Bewurash Hakeem, sovereign of a genii tribe, hearing animal abuse complaints from enslaved creatures. Deputies from various cities present written evidence and two orations defend animal rights against human oppression, citing the Koran and scriptures. The tale contrasts humane justice with tyrannical dominion and ends with a court scene on Kept island. Inquest notes record Rhoda House death by natural visitation concluded as coroner verdict.
A praise-filled essay argues that Lord Liverpool, while not intellectually supreme, delivered public service through moral leadership and steadfast national devotion. It contrasts him with Grenville and Canning, noting his unique, enduring esteem and public triumphs amid Britain’s crisis.
The article argues mourning apparel is useless, costly, and burdens workers and families. It condemns the practice as ill-timed and intrusive, noting the expense falls on the poor and the community, turning homes of death into dress shops while offering no real consolation.
The William, Sylvester Allen master, sailed from Gottenburgh September 25 bound to Warren Rhode Island with iron. A gale began October 23 and caused severe leaks. After days of pumping, the crew abandoned the wreck on November 7 as both pumps failed. They were picked up by the schooner Eagle and treated aboard several vessels, reaching New York on the 22nd. The Manchester Guardians notes a 25 percent wage advance demand by local spinners.
The London Magazine piece traces the rise of astrology in England from the Civil War era to the late Stuart period. It notes James I’s monopoly on almanacs through universities and the Stationers’ Company, Lilly and Gadbury’s royal horoscopes, and the continued frauds of Partridge, Moore, and others as almanac makers prospered amid public credulity and punctured by Swift’s satire. The article closes condemning the practitioners as cronies of a rigged trade, with new names replacing the old as public sense grew.
Sir Harcourt Lees denounces a Saunders's News Letter report of a proposed emancipation bill for Catholics. He mocks a plan restricting Catholic MPs, ridicules Dan O Connell, and urges Wellington style measures to curb Irish Catholic influence while praising Protestant interests. He signs as Harcourt Lees.
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